On Fri, 2025-11-14 at 00:55 +1030, Tim via users wrote: > On Thu, 2025-11-13 at 11:20 +0000, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > The solution I always recommend (while we await the Coming Of the > > Passkey Utopia) is to use a decent password manager and forget about > > remembering and having to manually type passwords. > > Unfortunately, you're still stuffed when it comes to storing passwords > generated for you by something else that won't let you copy and paste, > and password entry gadgets with the same stuff-up. > >
True, but I've only ever come across one service that doesn't let you copy and paste. It is (of course) a bank. However the designers didn't foresee that Linux users can copy and paste without actually using the clipboard (by doing select and middle-click) so that's what I do. > When it comes to mail, I let browsers and mail programs remember > passwords for me. Likewise with various other unimportant internet > services, the browser can remember for me. > > I never use browser-based password managers: a) They only work with that specific browser b) They are useless for anything else that requires a password c) They are also useless for keeping non-password related information I did say "a *decent* password manager", which would include letting you keep an offline backup. Most people nowadays have many many different accounts. It's impractical to remember dozens of different secure passwords. A PM will not only generate them but remember them for you and in most cases fill them in (and you can keep a backup of course). poc -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
